In vivo interaction of morphine and endogenous opiate-like peptides |
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Authors: | F Bergmann R Altstetter B A Weissman |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Pharmacology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel;1. Department of Pharmacology, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel |
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Abstract: | In the csf of rats, the concentration of peptides, reacting with antibody to leu-enkephalin, was determined by radioimmunoassay. Intravenous injection of morphine caused a biphasic response, i.e. an immediate and a delayed rise of the level of such immunoreactive peptides in the csf. After i.v. naloxone, only the late peak was observed. Combined administration of morphine and naloxone delayed the appearance of the first peak, expected after morphine injection; the second peak did not show within 2 – 3 hours. The results are interpreted by assuming release of enkephalins and related peptides from two sites, viz. synaptic clefts and intracellular pools. |
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